A San Francisco Bay Area county did not violate the Second Amendment by prohibiting three businessmen from opening a gun store near a residential area because there is no protected right to sell guns, an en banc Ninth Circuit ruled Tuesday.

Ghost Ship warehouse owner Chor Ng has fled the United States for China, according to an attorney for one of the defendants facing manslaughter charges in connection with the deadly December fire at the site.

A gag gift that a black employee did not find funny has landed a Bay Area construction company owner in court, for giving her a photo of himself dressed as Donald Trump in front of a Confederate flag, inside a rhinestone purse also emblazoned with the Stars and Bars.

A federal judge on Thursday lifted an injunction against Alameda County, after it cleared its backlog of unprocessed food-stamp applications and processed new ones in a timely manner for a six-month period.

The California Commission on Judicial Performance on Tuesday admonished Alameda County Superior Court Judge Tara Flanagan and fined her $6,000 for misrepresenting the source of $25,000 in campaign loans during her successful run for the office in 2012.

The Ninth Circuit on Wednesday gave no indication how it would rule on whether an Alameda County zoning ordinance that bars gun stores from within 500 feet of schools, liquor stores and homes violates the Second Amendment.